Compliance Specialist- London

Posted 6 Days Ago
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London, Greater London, England
Hybrid
5-7 Years Experience
Fintech • Software
IMC is a proprietary trading firm and market maker in various products listed on exchanges globally.
The Role
The Compliance Specialist will provide expertise in compliance for the FX and Commodity Options business, ensuring operations adhere to regulations, monitoring daily trading activities, managing transaction reporting processes, and delivering compliance training. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential for this role.
Summary Generated by Built In

We are seeking an experienced Compliance Officer to join our fast-growing London Office. At IMC, the Compliance Officer enjoys a unique opportunity to work closely with our Trading, Legal, Risk and Technology teams, by providing expert compliance support to IMC's FX and Commodity Options business. You will add value in playing a crucial role by ensuring our business operates and grows safely in accordance with exchange rules, regulations, and laws. You will be combining operational experience with regulatory knowledge to improve our compliance framework and monitoring processes. We are looking for someone with a critical, proactive and hands-on approach, who is keen to work with various in-house built and external systems and diverse data sets. The Compliance Officer will report directly to the UK's Head of Compliance.
Your Core Responsibilities:

  • Providing compliance advice to IMC's FX and Commodities traders;
  • Monitoring our daily trading activity and communications surveillance;
  • Investigating and responding to inquiries from exchanges and regulators;
  • Managing the daily transaction reporting processes, such as MiFIR and EMIR;
  • Interacting with exchanges to ensure correct trading registrations;
  • Conducting compliance, anti-money laundering and market abuse risk assessments, and implementing key controls;
  • Analysing business development projects and building strong compliance frameworks;
  • Assisting with delivering Compliance training to IMC employees;
  • Collaborating closely with other IMC global compliance teams.


Your Skills and Experience:

  • 5+ years of compliance experience in derivatives markets;
  • Strong knowledge in FX and Commodity derivative trading rules;
  • Experience in OTC/algorithmic trading compliance, and surveillance practices;
  • Excellent understanding of UK trading rules and regulations;
  • Knowledge of US listed derivatives is also a plus (CME, ICE, OCC);
  • Strong analytical and communication skills;
  • Self-driven, fast learner and ability to perform successfully in a fast-moving environment;
  • Process minded and ability to drive improvements in IMC's control framework.


About Us
IMC is a leading trading firm, known worldwide for our advanced, low-latency technology and world-class execution capabilities. Over the past 30 years, we've been a stabilizing force in the financial markets - providing the essential liquidity our counterparties depend on. Across offices in the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific, our talented employees are united by our entrepreneurial spirit, exceptional culture, and commitment to giving back. It's a strong foundation that allows us to grow and add new capabilities, year after year. From entering dynamic new markets, to developing a state-of-the-art research environment and diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to imagine what could be and work together to make it happen.

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
1,622 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1989

What We Do

IMC is a leading trading firm, known worldwide for our advanced, low-latency technology and world-class execution capabilities. Over the past 30 years, we’ve been a stabilizing force in the financial markets – providing the essential liquidity our counterparties depend on. Across offices in the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific, our talented employees are united by our entrepreneurial spirit, exceptional culture, and commitment to giving back. It's a strong foundation that allows us to grow and add new capabilities, year after year. From entering dynamic new markets, to developing a state-of-the-art research environment and diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to imagine what could be and work together to make it happen.

Why Work With Us

At IMC, the best ideas win, regardless of hierarchy. We’ve done away with artificial barriers and prioritize our employees. As a result, our people can explore their potential without limits, developing and implementing the systems and strategies that have made us one of the world’s leading liquidity providers.

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